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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST E4RsuR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Future health prospects depend Increasingly on globalisation processes and on the Impact of global environmental change. Economic globalisation-entalling deregulated trade and investment-is a mixed blessing for health. Economic growth and the dissemination of technologies have widely enhanced life expectancy. However, aspects of globallsation are Jeopardising health by eroding social and environmental conditions, exacerbating the rich-poor gap, and disseminating consumerism. Global environmental changes reflect the growth of populations and the intensity of economic activity. These changes Include altered composition of the atmosphere, land degradation, depletion of terrestrial aquifers and ocean fisheries, and loss of blodiversity, This weakening of llfe-supporting systems poses health risks. Contemporary public health must therefore encompass the Interrelated tasks of reducing social and health inequalities and achieving health-sustaining environments.
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